Men's Team of the Week: November 11

by TopDrawerSoccer

November 12, 2024

For the second time this season, a Michigan Wolverine is the Player of the Week, as Bryce Blevins put on two quality performances to lead the team to the Big Ten final.

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Starting with a 1-0 quarter-final upset of No. 13 Indiana, Blevins played all but two minutes and delivered the game-winning assist. What followed was another 110 minutes and an assist as Michigan tied UCLA 1-1 and then won in the penalty shootout. Thanks to the Illinois native, the Wolverines are in a position to win their first Big Ten tournament title since 2010.

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Player of the Week: Bryce Blevins, Michigan

Men’s Team of the Week: November 4-10

GK: Marco Brougher, California - The junior goalkeeper was immense with nine total saves and just once conceded as California upset No. 14 North Carolina and No. 3 Duke to reach the semi-final of the NCAA tournament.

D: Cole Sotack, Rider - In an exhausting week, Sotack played 85 minutes in a 3-0 shutout victory over Mount St. Mary’s, then scored the overtime game-winner after 102 minutes in a 1-0 MAAC tournament defeat of Sacred Heart.

D: Hans Nesheim, UMBC - Nesheim played all 180 minutes and scored once to lead a formidable UMBC defense to clean-sheet victories over NJIT and Binghamton.

D: Harrison Sprofera, Brown - In a heroic performance, the senior defender played all 90 minutes and scored the lone goal to lead Brown to a crucial 1-0 win over Yale.

M: Daniel D'Ippolito, Fordham - Duquesne had no answers for the Junior attacker as he scored all three in a 3-0 A-10 tournament victory.

M: Bryce Blevins, Michigan - Blevins did it all to help Michigan on an unlikely Cinderella run to the Big Ten final.

M: Jose Vivas, Evansville - Vivas was in elite creative form with two assists in a 2-2 draw with Belmont, then repeating that stat line as the Aces upset No. 22 Western Michigan 2-1.

M: Ransford Gyan, Clemson - With game-winning assists against Louisville and Stanford, Gyan was the key clog leading Clemson to the ACC semi-final.

F: Logan Dorsey, Kentucky - After putting on a show with a hat trick and an assist versus Georgia State, Dorsey finished the week with the lone goal to push the Wildcats past South Carolina in the Sun Belt playoffs.

F: Laurie Goddard, Hofstra - Goddard scored three goals as Hofstra defeated College of Charleston and Elon to reach the CAA tournament final.

F: Marc Pitarch Bayot, Bryant - The senior forward recorded a goal and an assist versus Albany, then struck for a brace versus NJIT as Bryant earned identical 4-0 victories.

Honorable Mention: GK Alejandro Delatorre (Incarnate Word), D Thomas Lamaille (St. John's), D Philip Naef (UCLA), D Alex Henderson (California Baptist), M Malik Henry (Akron), M Bailey Sparks (SMU), M Nick Fernandez (Portland), M Thiago Cagna (Iona University), F Blake Pipkin (Colgate), F Ethan Stevenson (Longwood), F Sam Divis (Northern Illinois)